1) Our holiday party had a great showing, with lots of great food and beer, as well as a 750 swap and beer donations for the Heavy Seas folks.

 

2) CRABS won the club table competition at the Guild holiday party for the second year in a row, this time with the theme “Beer – breakfast of champions”.  Also, the Guild raised about $7000 for various charities.

 

3) In case you missed it last month: Les will again be teaching a BJCP course.  It will run on Sundays around 2 PM from late February / early March until sometime in May.  Cost will be about $100.  If you’re interested, email Joe at jfo363@verizon.net. 

 

4) 2017 dues are due.  $25 for individuals and $40 for families.  See Don.

 

5) We held our annual “election”, where officers were unanimously “voted” to remain in place:

 

President – Joe O’Keefe

Vice President – Jeff Adelsberger

Secretary – Ben Schwalb

Treasurer – Don Zwach

Guild rep – Rob Kiernan (with Greg Thompson as backup)

 

6) Watch for the National Homebrew Competition announcement in February.

 

7) Black Flag Brewing will be having a homebrew contest in February.  See the JPEG at http://crabsbrew.org/sites/default/files/black.jpg for details.  Ben emailed the JPEG to everyone in case the link doesn't work.

 

8) The 2017 CRABS homebrew competition schedule is available at http://crabsbrew.org/competition_schedule

 

9) CRABS Brewer of the Year awards were handed out.  Winners were:

 

5^th– Bob Mosier

4^th (tie) – Rob Farrell

4^th (tie) – Tim Paulin

3^rd – Craig Bryant

2^nd – Rob Kiernan

1^st – Zach Keim

 

 

10) Go to http://crabsbrew.org for CRABS-related information.